Just when the whole army was all over the city to proclaim coexistence with Liangshan, spies came to report that the pass in the west of the city was opened by Li Yue's reinforcements.

Two hours later, five or six thousand enemy troops entered the city of Liangshan, surrounded the four gates, saw that there were not many defenders in Liangshan, and organized a wave of fierce attacks on the same day, but they were suddenly seen in the city of thousands of Xuanwei army and Liangshan Qingzhuang, several rounds of arrows and rain of arrows to hug the head of the rat, leaving thousands of corpses.

After Li Yueren retreated, he reinvigorated his position, divided his troops into four routes, and surrounded Liangshan City one mile away from the city gate. The pass has been opened, they have a steady stream of reinforcements, it won't be long before the water around Liangshan can be drained, and then the Liangshan enemy will be wiped out!

They calculated very well, but how could four or five thousand people surround a city of twenty or thirty thousand people, and there are still tens of thousands of combat forces in the city?

After a sudden blow not long ago, Li Yueren calmed down and stood still, but Xuanwei Jun had a different mind.

"Overseer, let me go out of the city, and promise to destroy all the enemy troops outside the West Gate!" Su Zhong began to ask for help after seeing the distribution of Li Yue's troops in the city.

Yang Congyi looked at the map, thought for a moment, and then said, "It's time to find some trouble for them, and then boost the morale of the people in the city." Su Zhong, you led 500 Xuanwei troops and 1,000 young and strong three watchmen out of the West Gate, and you must kill and injure the enemy to the greatest extent. ”

Su Zhong immediately replied loudly: "Yes, I promise to destroy them!" ”

"Ordered the north gate and the south gate, and the second watch began to pretend to break through the city, but everyone should not be more than an arrow away from the city gate, so as to attract the attention of the enemy troops in front of them, and not let them divide their troops to the west." Yang Congyi then ordered Sanmen to cooperate with the action.

If Su Zhong wants to succeed, he needs some foreshadowing, he can break through to the north and south, but not to the west, because the road outside the west gate leads to Li Yue's nest, there is no value in breaking through, and this gate will not be chosen for the breakthrough, so the defenders outside the west gate are weak, but the enemy has arranged a lot of troops at the north gate and the south gate, and it is not far from the west gate.

I can't say how meaningful this battle is, but I just want to tell the people in the city that the enemy army outside is not terrible, and enhance their confidence in holding on to Liangshan.

After the military order was delivered, the north and south gates began to prepare for a breakthrough, and the west gate withdrew part of the defensive force at the head of the city to confuse the enemy.

After the second watch, the south gate and the north gate suddenly opened wide, put down the drawbridge, and hundreds of people rushed out of the city gate with torches and shouting.

Because it was dark and the situation was unknown, the enemy troops stationed outside the city immediately organized a defense on the spot, but to their surprise, the opponent stopped breaking through halfway through, neither advancing nor retreating, and stood in place to confront them.

The risk of taking the initiative to attack at night was extremely high, Li Yue people did not dare to move, and the Xuanwei army could not move lightly, and after the two sides were separated by hundreds of paces and confronted each other for half an hour, the Xuanwei army suddenly retreated across the moat, returned to the city, pulled up the drawbridge, and closed the city gate.

Li Yueren didn't know what the specific origin of their opponent was, and they didn't know what it meant for them to break through halfway through and return to the city, was it just to test whether their defense was tight?

The distance between the south gate and the north gate is relatively long, and it is difficult to communicate the military situation in time, even if they see the other side retreating, they are just as ready to fight, and they dare not relax their guard again, for fear that the opponent will break through again.

The east gate was closed, and it was not opened for half a minute from beginning to end, and it was relatively quiet inside and outside the city gate.

After another half an hour, the west gate was quietly opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and Su Zhong led a battalion of Xuanwei army and a thousand young men out of the city silently and quickly, forming an arc formation to surround the enemy.

The enemy also has sentry posts, as early as when the Xuanwei army lowered the drawbridge, they have already sounded the whistle to warn, but the Xuanwei army is too fast, and before the enemy army who has just slept can organize the defense, they have already rushed within a hundred steps.

It is not wise to engage in short-handed combat at night, and the Xuanwei army has fought many ambushes, all of which have won with arrows, and this time is no exception.

Su Zhong gave an order, and the horn of the attack sounded.

After each person shot three arrows, the whole army stepped forward twenty steps and shot two more arrows, no matter how many enemies were injured, a trumpet sounded, and the Xuanwei army quickly retreated back to the city with the young and strong.

The four doors were closed, and the night attack mission was successfully completed.

In the silent night, there were a few screams from time to time outside the West Gate, it was a person who had been wounded by an arrow and was not dead for the time being.

What was the result of the night attack, Su Zhong didn't know, he originally wanted to encircle and annihilate the whole attack, but he made a temporary adjustment at night, requiring safety first, and the total annihilation was changed to a night attack.

Yang Congyi has his considerations, the risk of annihilating the enemy at night is too great, and the damage to a Xuanwei army is a major loss, after all, there is one more soldier in Liangshan City, and the certainty of holding the city can be greater, and how many enemies are killed and injured are second, anyway, no matter how many people are killed, in the end it will be 100,000 people, it is impossible to kill them all, in the final analysis, it is still necessary to consume the enemy army.

After the night attack, this enemy army should adjust its deployment, when the strength is insufficient, it needs support, from the hinterland of Li Yue to Liangshan hundreds of miles, the road is long, the supply is difficult, the more people they come, the greater the food consumption, and when the retreating Li Yue's army comes to Liangshan, there will be less time for them to attack Liangshan.

To put it bluntly, what the Xuanwei army wants to fight is actually a war of attrition, according to the city, Li Yue's army can't hold on, they retreat to the south of Daliang Mountain, and the war is basically over.

Therefore, the purpose of the night attack is to arouse the tension of the enemy army, and under the tension, the Thang Long direction will send more troops to consolidate the results of the battle, and send 10,000 more people, which will consume 10,000 more food, further disrupting their original deployment.

The next day, the enemy forces outside the city really began to adjust their deployment, and they transferred all the more than 1,000 troops outside the east gate to the west gate, and completely let go of the east gate. Since they can't stop it, let the opponent leave, anyway, their ultimate goal is to recapture Liangshan City, and it doesn't matter if they can destroy the other party.

The Xuanwei army wanted to garrison Liangshan City, but naturally it was unmoved, and the enemy army wanted to confront each other and fight for attrition, but they couldn't ask for it. There are still 16,700 quintals of grain in the granary in the city, and it is not a problem for the Xuanwei army to eat for half a year, and the people in the city have more or less surplus food.

After suffering losses outside the city, they will no longer attack, and it is impossible for the city to take the initiative to attack, and in the next few days, the two sides will face each other up and down the city, and there will be nothing to do.

Yang Congyi didn't know if the enemy army asked for help after the night attack, if it was better, it didn't matter if it didn't, anyway, there were 100,000 enemies, what did it matter if there were 10,000 more or 10,000 less.

The lives of the people of Liangshan City have not become worse because of the siege of the enemy, and of course they cannot be better, since the arrival of the Xuanwei army, the city has basically been closed. In the cold winter, although Liangshan is not very cold, they are also willing to hide at home, so the closure of the city has little impact on ordinary people, if it has an impact, it is that they can't eat vegetables outside the city.

The Xuanwei Army and the Liangshan Qingzhuang took turns to be on duty at the head of the city and the city gate day and night, and the commanders of each battalion also stuck to their respective posts, waiting for the final arrival of Li Yue's army.

After the siege of the city, there was no news from Da Nanguan and Yulin, and even the news of Tongmian was difficult to deliver, although the enemy army did not stay at the east gate, but also left a lot of sentry posts, and it was difficult for the spies to send the letter to get close to the city. But now there is any news, it doesn't matter to the Xuanwei army, the city gate is closed, just waiting for Li Yue's army to attack.

A few days later, a large army of Li Yue suddenly came to the west of the city, numbering no less than 10,000 people, as soon as this new force arrived, the eastern gate of Liangshan was re-encircled, and the other three gates also increased a lot of troops, and the momentum of the enemy army increased sharply.

In the palace, Yang Congyi convened the generals to discuss the matter.

"The enemy's strength outside the city has increased greatly, if nothing else, they will capture Liangshan City before the Fusui army retreats to Liangshan, this is a tough battle, if we block it, even if the 100,000 army arrives, they will not be able to gnaw Liangshan City. You know why? ”

Yang Congyi looked at everyone, saw that no one answered, and then said: "Liangshan City is small, there is a big river in the south, and there are hills in the east of the city, and the enemy army that can directly participate in the siege is only 10,000 people at most, and it can't be used, once the fight starts, the remaining enemy troops can only watch from behind, and wait until the enemy troops under the city withdraw or die, they can have a chance to approach the city wall." But there are mountains of arrows in our Liangshan City, how many heads and chests do they have, and how many arrows can withstand our sharp arrows? In this battle, the Xuanwei army will win! ”

First give everyone a positive hint, so that they can believe that this battle can be won, and don't be frightened by the 100,000 enemy army, and have the intention of abandoning the city and fleeing.

Seeing everyone's relaxed expressions, Yang Congyi secretly settled down and asked, "How are the city defenses prepared?" ”

Yao Chang said: "Everything that can be collected from the planks in the city has been soaked in water and moved to the city, just waiting for the enemy's arrow array to come to verify the effect." ”

"That's good, continue to collect what should be collected, and if it is not enough, the courtyard gates of each household can also be demolished. Although this plan is not very subtle, and it is not good to fight, as long as it can ensure that the soldiers are not killed or injured under the enemy's bow and arrow. We don't have shields, but you must make good use of those planks, and arrange them on the head of the city, as I told you, to add a layer to the city's defenses against the rain of arrows. Once the arrows above and below the city are fired, we can boldly return fire without dodging or dodging. Yang Congyi nodded, feeling a lot more relaxed.

He has been thinking about how to solve the problem of siege arrows these days, the Xuanwei army can use bows and arrows, the enemy army can also use it, the city and the city are shot at each other, the Xuanwei army is condescending, although there is a certain advantage, but if the enemy army consumes human lives compared with them, more than 3,000 people in the Xuanwei Military Region, where can they compare with more than 100,000 people, at the end of the day, the Xuanwei army will have to die.

When pondering and meditating on various siege examples, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, remembering that he had guided Li Yue's army to manipulate the defenders of the city on the border of the city of Zhancheng, and suddenly thought that the wooden plank also had a huge function in defending the city, even more effective than the siege, and had a strong concealment, and suddenly his confidence increased greatly, and he immediately asked Yao Chang to collect the wooden plank.